Convergence in contact grammaticalisation in Singapore English: the case of already
The continuous co-existence in Colloquial Singapore English (Singlish) of the past tense alongside already, an aspect marker expressing iamitive functions (Olsson 2013), has not, to present knowledge, received an adequate explanation in terms of diachronic change. The two forms are often seen to ove...
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Publications de l’Université de Provence
2021
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